Girl saves sister from snatch attempt

9:02AM BST 09 Jul 2003

An 11-year-old girl managed to pull her nine-year-old sister to safety from two men who were trying to abduct her.

A South Yorkshire Police spokesman said the girls, from Sheffield, were walking home when a Ford Fiesta car stopped and a man tried to pull the younger girl into the vehicle. A spokesman said the girls, who had been playing in a local park, had first been approached by a man on a blue scooter just before the blue car arrived at about 6.45pm on Sunday.

He said: "They were approached by a man on a blue scooter. He chatted to them before riding off to a nearby phone box. Two further men in a blue Ford Fiesta tried to pull the younger girl into the passenger side of the car. Her sister hauled her back, causing the younger girl to fall into the road.

"The driver of an oncoming car stopped to ask the girl if she was OK before leaving the scene. The girls managed to run home to safety, although they were followed to Manor Top by the scooter rider. They were not hurt but they were traumatised by their ordeal."